In last three years, we are witnessing an explosion on social media scene: more and more actors, spectacular growth. So, the social media phenomena cannot be ignored and it is global. Now, in 2011, Facebook is bigger than ever â€” the most visited site on the Internet. The popularity of...

The article offers an overview of the four main social media tools, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and blogs that lawyers should consider using. It notes that Facebook, deemed the largest social networking website, provides opportunities as a business marketing tool for lawyers and law firms. It...

The article describes the development by the National Association of Campus Activities (NACA) Northeast Regional Conference Planning Committee of social media plan. A group of volunteers was created to work on social media activities aimed at enhancing the experience of school conference...

The article discusses social media developments as of June 2015. Topics covered include the regulatory approval being sought by Facebook in Ireland to provide a service that will facilitate digital payments between users, the use of Getty Images in embedding images on blogs and social media...

Although they share a similar â€˜social media' tag, blogs, microblog sites like Twitter, and social networking sites (SNS) like Facebook are distinctive in their relationships with political engagement. This paper examined the impact of the use of the three media on the gaps in political...

The article focuses on public library finance in 2011 in the United States. It states that 94 percent of requests to renew existing funds succeeded, along with 80 percent of requests for new funding. It mentions the average operating referenda was 900,000 dollars, compared to the average...

The article discusses social networking sites (SNS), examining the marketing of the author's novel "Blue Thread," the publishing company Ooligan's use of SNS such as Facebook, YouTube, and Google+, and blogging.

The importance of social networks for mass media professionals, especially for news librarians -whose traditional intermediary role limited their visibility to users- is explained. Examples of documentation centres and news librarians' profiles in social media like weblogs, Facebook, Twitter or...

The article examines a survey of AALL (American Association of Law Libraries) members on the use of social media at law libraries. It found that approximately half of respondents used the social networking website Facebook and blogs, while others indicated the use of the platforms Twitter,...